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St. Louis Fed Pushes For Mass Testing Over Quarantine

PYMNTS

James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, estimated that the quarantine is costing the U.S. We should be thinking about risk management,” Bullard said, according to a Tuesday (April 14) report in the St. Louis Business Journal, citing a virtual conference by the St.

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Fed Casting Wary Eye On FinTech Firms’ Infrastructure Access?

PYMNTS

Yet now, said Reuters, the Fed has said there is not enough risk management in place to allow FinTechs full-fledged access to the payment system. There of course needs to be access to the financial infrastructure that underpins offerings and is part of processes as far-flung as settlement of transactions.

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Fed reported to have reservations about fintech charter

CFPB Monitor

Reuters reports that “many Fed officials fear that these firms lack robust risk-management controls and consumer protections that banks have in place.” The article quotes the President of the St. Louis Fed as having expressed concern that “fintech will be the source of the next crisis.”

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Beware the “waterholing” hack

ABA Community Banking

Louis Fed may have been most recent major victim Risk Management Cyberfraud/ID Theft.

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A 'Road Map' Around Rate Risks, Courtesy of the Chicago Fed Chief

American Banker

LOUISRisk management is critical as small banks aim to make money in a low-rate environment.

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The math behind small business lending: Problems & possibilities for banks & credit unions

Abrigo

As a share of their total assets, community banks have more business loans below $1 million than larger banks, according to the St. Louis Fed : [S]mall-business loans—i.e., Louis Fed economist noted, small businesses “frequently encounter obstacles to accessing capital because banks face challenges in lending to them.”

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

PYMNTS

Louis Business Journal is reporting that Missouri-based hockey equipment supply chain Total Hockey has filed for bankruptcy as of Wednesday (July 6). However, it turns out that high temperatures in December and January can also have a depressing effect on cold weather sports, too.